books.google.ca - The history of the African and Middle Eastern world is, to a large extent, the story of a religion-Islam-and how it claimed millions of followers across empires and kingdoms. First proclaimed by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century, Islam quickly spread, through trade and conquest, from the Arabian...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_African_and_Middle_Eastern_World_600.html?id=RXDy4aRIKWUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe African and Middle Eastern World, 600-1500